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Honda Pilot 2016–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin APaS09172018902 · NHTSA communication 10145393 · issued Sep 17, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2016–2018
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Dealer message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is investigating certain 2016-2018 Pilots with a customer complaint of the 2nd row seats false latching. To fully understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.